My boyfriend (Type O) and I (Type A) have recently started on your program and have a couple questions that we have not been able to find answers for: 1. Is there any guidelines for total carb, calorie, fiber or fat intake for the Type A and Type O to loose weight? 2. After reviewing the books and different websites, we are wondering if there are more up-to-date food lists available? And what happens when seemingly common foods are not on the lists? Thanks for your assistance, Steph

Hello, Steph ~ The proportions and frequency/serving size are built in to the plans. Both the A and O diets are based upon vegetables and fruit, and from there they part ways, but each is designed to deliver the correct protein/carb/fat/fiber in the right balance to enhance health and move you toward your ideal weight. The most up-to-date food reference is TYPEbase 3, and an unlisted food (with very few exceptions) is to be treated as "neutral" unless you are ill or overweight. Thanks for writing!! :-)

Im living in Denmark and fucus vesiculosus is not availible cause the healht care is not sure how if its good for you because of the high amount of iodine. But i found one shop who sold it to me anyway. But i dont know how much i can take and put in my meal? its the real stuf,dry.. Nobody in denmark tell me.. please help me, i know its so good for me and my bloodtype. (im o positive) im hoping you can help me. lullu

Greetings and welcome, lullu! Well, you've got the real stuff, I'm sure, but I'd advise you put it in a strong-flavored dish because it tastes awful! :-) Or make a tea of it and add some highly-flavored herbal tea to it. If you can get half a teaspoon into you each day, that will be great. Good for you in finding it!! :-)

I was interested to read your comments on the diets of women in todays western world. I have lived on a diet of primarily carbos avioding protien and fat where possible. I now find myself obese (+ 42 kg)with insulin issues and trying desperately to stick to a high protein diet that also follows the restrictions by my blood group (o). I must say after 6 days I am etremely tried and struggling to hold on to the program. Any tips or motivation would be greatly appreciated. Sally

Hi, Sally ~ I'm not sure what high-protein diet you are following, but if very few vegetables are allowed, it is going to be difficult for you until you adjust to ketosis -- which usually takes from seven to ten days. This is an extreme measure for you, and I would be much happier if you would follow the type O diet as written, and for the time being eat no grain, dairy or beans. I think you'll find your weight loss will proceed at a good pace, without sapping your energy or endangering your health. Do remember to drink plenty of water, and get adequate healthy fats in your daily diet. I'm sure you will succeed! Let me know how your progress goes! :-D

Dear "on the diet", Impressed as I am with "Eat Right 4 Your Type Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia", I would like to know how to find out about foods not listed. Particularly, I'd like to find out about sucralose (brand name "Splenda"), an artificial sweetener. I'd be willing to cheat a bit, if it were just an "avoid", but I would really like to know whether it's another metabolic inhibitor. I'm very well behaved about not having those. That's a lot of metabolic inhibitions for a type O. Thank you, Lynn Marie

Hello, Lynn Marie! Here is your answer on Splenda! Have a bright and beautiful day!! ~:-)

Dear Heidi My husband is A+ and secretor. I am O+ and secretor. My son is O negative and non secretor. In On the Diet Topic for 6 January 2003 you wrote: Le a-b+ is the secretor type; Le a+b- is the non secretor type; Le a-b- is "double negative," We all had a saliva test at NAP from DK. My question is: How can two secretors (a+b-) get a non secretor child (a+b-)? Thanks for all your answers. It is a pleasure to read them. We eat according to our bloodtype with good results. But the blood type diet is not that easy to adapt as we thought when we started in September 2001. Especially our son has a lot of problems and we are inspired of your advice to try new ways. Kind regards from Kirsten

I'm so pleased you're finding help here, Kirsten! You are doing the very best for your son, and I admire all parents who follow this plan with their children. In regard to the Lewis testing -- Lewis is an entirely different "blood type," one of many we possess, which happens to correspond with certain secretor status results depending on the Lewis type. So, what I described was not the actual "secretor gene" at work, but another "blood type" involving the presence or absence of Lewis factors which can then be used to indicate secretor status. Does that make sense?? Drop me a note if this was clear as mud!! :-D

Help! I have 3 girls who are mostly all darn picky eaters! 2 are type Os like me, and one is type B like my husband. Ae there any other mothers in the same situation that can give me some great recipes or meal tips?? My huge problems are: the milk issue and bread issues!! I almost wish I didn't know about this whole ERFYT diet! Thanks for your attention, Maria

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power."

-- Alan Cohen

This entry was posted on September 7th, 2000 at 07:51:00 am and is filed under On The Diet.